Toy marble-shooter



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No. 262,644. Patented Aug.15,'1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. GONNELLY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TOY MARBLE-SHOOTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,644, dated August15, 1882.

Application filed March 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. GoNNELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Process of and Meansfor Projecting Marbles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableto others skilled in the art to which it appertains 2 5 trated, andfinally embodied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of apistol embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view of a detachedportion; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of 0 the clamp, spring, &c.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theseveral figures. In carrying out my invention I construct aspring-clamp, A, of round or flat wire, pro- 3 5 vided with fingers B toreceive and hold the marble, the normal tendency of which is to elosegently upon the marble when it is inserted therein, as indicated in Fig.3.

The body of the spring-clamp is encircled by 0a coiled spring, 0, oneend of which presses against a slotted or recessed disk, b, secured inpositionat the base of the fingers B by means of a pin, 0, or by anyother appropriate means, and the other end against the rear ex- 5tremity or end, d, of the cylinder D, which incloses said clamp andspring, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The-said rear end, d, of thecylinder is provided with an aperture or apertures to admit of the freeworking therethrough of the said clamp, and the latter is provided witha suitable loop or finger piece, a, and a plate, f, rigidly securedtherein, having a re-' cess or perforation, s, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) forthe purpose hereinafter stated. Said cylinder is secured by means of aband, 01, upon a suitable stock, A, which is provided with a triggercomposed of a lever, h, sliding bolt 9, and spring i, clearly shown inFig. 1. The said bolt is provided with a beveled end, which is arrangedto project upward through the stock and engage with the perforation s inthe plate f at the proper time, for the purpose hereinafter stated.

The lever his pivoted to the stock at m and to the sliding bolt at n.The springe' is arranged to encircle said bolt and to be secured theretoat the upper end of the recess in the stock, which forms the housingtherefor, the opposite end being supported by suitable pins orprojections, 0, whereby the normal tendency of said spring is to holdthe bolt into engagement with the said plate f until it is released bypulling back upon the lever h, as will be readily understood byreference to the drawings. V

The device isdesigned and arranged to operate as follows: A marble isfirst inserted or pressed between the fingers of the clamp, which isthen, with the marble, drawn backward by means of the finger-piece untilthe perforation or recess in the rigid plate engages with the bolt. Theplayer then takes his aim and pulls the lever, thereby releasing andprojecting the marble from the fingers with considerable force.

The clamp, spring, and cylinder may be used independently of the stockand trigger, or the clamp, spring, and parts I) and (1 may be usedindependently of either the stock, trigger, or cylinder, as will bemanifest.

What I claim is- 1. In a marble-projector, the combination, with thehollow cylinder D and stock A, of the sliding clamp A, provided withfingers B, recess or perforation s, finger-piece e, and disk or seat b,a spring, 0, adapted to operate in conjunction with said cylinder andclamp, as described, and the trigger composed of a bolt, lever, andspring, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A marble-projector consisting of a stock, A, cylinder 1), clamp A,provided with seat I), finger-piece e, recess or perforation s, andfingers B, adapted to automatically grasp a marble, a spring, 0, adaptedto operate in coned to allow the clamp to be drawn back preparatory tothe process of projecting the marble, all substantially as herein setforth.

In testimony thatIclaim the foregoing Ihave 1 5 hereunto set my handthis 21st day of March, 1882.

JAMES F. OONNELLY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. T. WINTERS, CHARLES H. PELL.

